Lee County extension service agriculture leadership is a major focus for the extension office to develop and guide to direction of agriculture in Lee County. The Lee County extension staff has reorganized their program councils to have a more active and more participation in program input.

The agriculture program council has added 5 members at large, for a total of 11 members, to the agriculture program council to better represent the agriculture diversity of the county. The goal is to allow better representation and a more diverse representation of the counties agriculture. This council’s roll will mainly be to evaluate and guide the development of agriculture programs.